Keeper Security taps two executives to expand North America sales

Keeper Security named Jessica Krowel and Bill Grabner to lead private-sector and public-sector sales in North America as the company pushes to scale its go-to-market team. The hires come after Gartner ranked Keeper the second fastest-growing security software competitor worldwide in 2025.

Why it matters: - Keeper Security is adding senior sales leadership as demand rises for unified identity security across private enterprise and government buyers. - The company is trying to capitalize on growth in a security software market that is consolidating around platforms that replace fragmented point tools. - Keeper is also positioning itself around AI-driven identity risk, including threats from human users, machines and AI agents.

What happened: - Keeper Security appointed Jessica Krowel as senior vice president of North America sales, private sector. - Keeper Security appointed Bill Grabner as senior vice president, public sector. - Both executives will support Tim Strickland, Keeper Security’s chief revenue officer. - The appointments were announced Sept. 3, 2026, in London. - The hires follow Gartner recognition of Keeper as the second fastest-growing competitor in its Market Share Analysis: Security Software, Worldwide, 2025 report.

The details: - Krowel brings nearly 20 years of go-to-market leadership in identity and access management. - Krowel spent 14 years at CyberArk, where she rose to global vice president of inside sales and chief of staff to the go-to-market organization. - Krowel most recently served as vice president of global sales development at Delinea. - Grabner brings more than two decades of federal and public-sector sales leadership. - Grabner most recently served as senior vice president and general manager at JMA Wireless. - Grabner also held leadership roles at Ribbon Communications, Cisco and BroadSoft. - The two executives will help scale Keeper’s go-to-market teams across the midmarket, large enterprise and federal sectors. - Keeper said its revenue rose 53.4% in 2025, more than three times the security software market’s average growth rate of 15.5%. - Gartner ranked Keeper second only to Google in its analysis. - Gartner said the $111 billion worldwide security software market grew steadily last year. - Gartner attributed top performers’ growth in part to platform consolidation and organizations replacing fragmented point solutions with unified platforms. - Keeper’s flagship platform combines password and passkey management, privileged session management, secrets management and endpoint privilege management in one cloud-native, zero-knowledge architecture. - KeeperAI provides real-time threat detection across privileged sessions. - The platform also extends governance to AI agents, machines and non-human identities alongside human users. - Keeper said its 2026 research shows only 36% of organizations have a privileged access management solution fully deployed. - Keeper said 64% still lack fully consolidated privileged access governance. - KeeperSecurity.com is listed for more information.

Between the lines: - The executive hires suggest Keeper is moving to match its growth story with heavier sales coverage in the markets most likely to buy identity security platforms. - The company is leaning into a broader industry shift: security buyers want fewer tools, more centralized control and clearer visibility across identities. - Keeper is also framing AI as both a growth driver and a risk multiplier, which helps explain the focus on its AI-related security features.

What's next: - Krowel and Grabner are expected to expand adoption of Keeper’s platform in their respective segments. - Keeper will likely continue using its growth metrics and Gartner placement to support expansion across North America. - The company’s next sales push appears centered on organizations still using fragmented privileged access tools.